mia's mind

fearless & free: a memoir by josephine baker

★★★☆☆

3/1: such an interesting life and wonderful person! i want to go dancing with her.

of human freedom by epictetus

★★★★★

2/26: i wish i read this ages ago. astute and entertaining.

set my heart on fire by izumi suzuki

★★☆☆☆

2/24: disappointing and disjointed. i much prefer her short stories. cool setting and music.

ghosts by edith wharton

★★★☆☆

2/22: reminded me of mark fisher's the weird and the eerie. this is eerie as fuck.

burst by audre lorde

★★★★☆

2/13: very relevant. hyperindividualism destroys us all. excited to read more of her work.

chess by stefan zweig

★★★★☆

2/1: the theme of obsession will always interest me (when done well, as it was here).

slaves to fashion: black dandyism & the styling of black diasporic identity by monica miller

★★★★☆

1/31: named as the inspiration for the upcoming met gala ("Superfine: Tailoring Black Style"). thought-provoking and informative.

star by yukio mishima

★★★★☆

1/27: "...because they know that a convincing sense of reality can only be born from an unholy faith."

água viva by clarice lispector

★★★★★

1/20: like a spell washing over you. truly magical.

perfume & pain by anna dorn

★★★☆☆

1/19: i laughed out loud multiple times.

didion & babitz by lili anolik

★★★☆☆

1/1: gossipy but i love gossip. two very interesting women.